Official Media Bias/Fact Check Extension
Latest News
New in version 4.0 -- Collapse Sponsonsored Stories
Hate Facebook marketing to you? We do too. So, we've included the capability to hide sponsored story much like that crazy fake-news story. You can still show it, but you will love
how much it cleans up your feed
Removed in 4.0 -- Twitter Support
This may be controvercial, but unless there is a huge outcry, we chose to release v4 without Twitter support.
New Support Channel
While the subreddit will still be active, we will be shifting our primary support to our Facebook Page. Given this is the bulk of our effort, it
makes sense to use that as a support channel as well.
Build Instructions
See BUILD.md documentation
Introduction
Thank you for installing the Official Media Bias/Fact Check Extension! We appreciate you installing our extension!
Be informed as you read your Facebook feed. We are the most comprehensive media bias resource on the internet. There are currently 1100+ media sources listed in our database and growing every day. Don’t be fooled by Fake News sources. This extension is completely open source, and the source code is hosted here.
If you find any issues with this extension, ideas of ways to make it better or simply want to discuss it, we have the r/MediaBiasFactCheck subreddit available.
We Need Your Help!
If you like this extension, please help us out:
Release Notes for version 4.0
- Upgraded to Node 18
- Migrated to using Plasmo as the extension foundation
- Upgraded to manifest v3
- Upgraded google analytics to v4
Release notes for version 3.0
- Now support the new Facebook layout
- Major overhall of code
- Now have the ability to target Firefox and Opera for extensions
Release notes for version 2.0
Now Showing Bias Icon for Reported Sites
- Browse to a site reviewed by Media Bias/Fact Check and the extension icon will now change to the bias of the site
- If you have collapsed the site in settings, that icon will flash to get your attention
Twitter Support!
- Twitter feed is now annotated with a basic MBFC review for reported site. Please let us know what you think via a comment in the Chrome Web Store
Release notes for version 1.0.15
Now showing more detailed information:
- Reporting: The reporting analysis by Media Bias/Fact Check
- References: This is Moz's Link equity, once colloquially referred to with the awful term "link juice," is a search engine ranking factor based on the idea that certain links pass value and authority from one page to another. This value is dependent on a number of factors, such as the linking page's authority, topical relevance, HTTP status, and more. Links that pass equity are one of many signals that Google and other search engines use to determine a page's rankings in the SERPs. Moz's Link Equity analysis.
- Popularity: Of the 2000+ MBFC sites, this indicates the where this site falls in the continuum of sites analyzed. Sites with few References (Link Equity) are close to 0% in popularity. Sites with 3M References are at 100%. This percentage should help you determine how seriously to take the site.
- Search: This link opens a new window at our sister site https://factualsearch.news and tries to search for the tagline. It should help you start your research into a specific topic and it's accuracy.
New Features:
- Now allow collapsing "Mixed" factual reporting sources
Release notes for version 1.0.13
We are very excited to announce a new feature: Collapsable News
- Click on the "Collapse" section on the left
- Choose which news categories to collapse in your feed
- Revel in the reduction in stress from your extreme FB friends